When ever I think of a nursery decoration, first thing I can think of is a painting. But why not a pillow which is hand painted, so it is just like a painting with a bonus - you can hug and cuddle with it. So with that in mind I made a hand painted pillow in shape of the cloud for a cute newborn baby girl Nina. She is blond and sweet as an angel just like her guardian angel painted on a pillow and even more personalized with her name.

This project brought so much happiness into my life. You know how I love painting on clothes… and how I design the clothes together with the local designers… Well, this project was made in collaboration with one extremely talented designer in Zagreb, and together we created this lovely little dress which I hand painted afterwords in pastel colors with lots of flowers, butterflies and a guardian angel for little baby girl Rita.

Little Rita worn it at her christening but I hope she will be able to wear it for more occasions later on.

It always makes me happy when I get inquiry for a hand painted piece of clothes. I know it is for a special occasion and that it will be worn with a proud and get lots of compliments, so I need to make it very special, personalized and with details that make everyone stop and admire.

I don't have lots of projects like this but when I do, I really enjoy working on it. This was a gift for a baptism for a boy, so my client and I decided to make a bit longer shirt with rounded "Petar Pan" collar. Material that I chose is 100% cotton with satin finish and because of that it is a bit shiny and gives the shirt special occasion and expensive look. My friend seamstress Jasminka is so talented and she perfectly sewn the shirt and we added cute little beige buttons with white dots.

We decided to paint Erik holding the cross and I wrote his name on the collar to make it even more personalized. For a special unexpected detail I painted a little cloud at the back. It turned out really nicely and mom of a boy loves it.

As you may know, joining the International Women's Association in Krakow - IWAK, made it living here much easier. Besides meeting and making friends with so many lovely ladies from around the world, I also had the opportunity to lead the art group for the association as well to organize the annual charity arts and crafts bazaars.

Yesterday, at the association's May coffee morning at Sheraton hotel, I organized and participated in my last charity bazaar together with seven IWAK members.

I am really grateful for this opportunity IWAK provided for us 3rd year in a row and this year, same as the last one, we donated 10% of each sale to the IWAK’s charity fund.

Here are few photos from the bazaar taken by talented photographer Anna Spiridonova.

And now off to a new adventure and a new chapter of our life. Please keep in touch and keep following me for the updates.